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[gfish]

People have problems with the term cisgender? That's... I don't know what that is. Quite an impressive knapsack, I guess.

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Re: Down with L'Académie Française!

[neuro42.livejournal.com]

That's not correct. Even if you posit a 'gender binary', you cannot be on the same or opposite side *of the concept of gender itself*, and that's the only sensible thing cis- can mean.

Re: Down with L'Académie Française!

[pielology.livejournal.com]

But "cis-gender-binary" would be OK? Or cis-gender-assignment-at-birth? (I mean, assuming I sorted the hyphens correctly)

Re: Down with L'Académie Française!

[xmurf.livejournal.com]

No! No matter what model you think of gender using, there's none in which it makes sense to be on this side of it or the opposite side of it! I don't understand why you don't see this.

Re: Down with L'Académie Française!

[pielology.livejournal.com]

It totally makes sense to be on the opposite side of the gender binary from the side you were assigned at birth! And that concept elides precisely as much cultural context as the idea that "cisalpine" refers to the southern side of the Alps, which it does. I don't understand why you don't see this.

Re: Down with L'Académie Française!

[pielology.livejournal.com]

... and by "concept" I meant "usage", there.